THE BODY ON THE BEACH a fast moving adult drama set in a war ravaged Latino country on the Pacific coastline. Two childhood friends and later professional mercenaries have become 'blood money' bank robbers, resulting in one of them being court marshalled for rape and murder a crime he did not commit. Bizarre circumstances spare him from 'death by firing squad' and he is forced to walk 300 km through uninhabited torturous mountains to find his freedom. Mauled by a pride of lions, he is saved by a priest and later returns to his parent's farm to find his family dead and the farm in ashes. A clandestine astute network of wealthy, drug infested women, cotton on to the modus operandi of the eight ruthless killers, who have unleashed their professional fire power and greed of the local banks. The cocaine addicted daughter of the protagonist, engineers an ingenious revenge to outwit her father... but things go wrong during a wild cocaine party, a fight ensues and the daughter charters a boat at the height of a tropical storm, with disastrous consequences. The body of a woman is found on the beach by a mentally challenged gardener, and the homicide police chief initiates some ingenious police work that twists and turns into a thrilling unexpected climax.COPYRIGHT: BILL JONES 2022
